Category: Featured
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Interview with Maryam Namazie on Iran’s Revolution in the Shadow of War
French translation: La révolution sociale iranienne à l’ombre de la guerre, Imprecor In this interview, Maryam Namazie argues that the central conflict in Iran is not a proxy war between states but a social struggle between the Islamic Republic and Iranian society. She situates the 2025–2026 protests within decades of uprisings and highlights the role…
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Iran: Between Bombs and Theocracy
In this compilation of various interviews for WBAI NYC Radio, BBC 5 Live, and Times Radio, which has been edited for clarity, Maryam Namazie argues that the real struggle in Iran is not between rival powers but between authoritarianism and the people who refuse to live under it. First published: Iran: Between Bombs and Theocracy, The Freethinker, 10…
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Women’s Blasphemy and the State
Blasphemous. Corrupt. Apostate. Kafir. These words are always defined from the perspective of the religious. The religious lens is treated as neutral, as default. Blasphemy is assumed to be harm, at best offensive, at worst a threat to morality, stability, and even national security. I have lost count of how many times I have been…
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Iran: On Power, Inheritance, and the Disciplining of Women’s Bodies
Iran: On Power, Inheritance, and the Disciplining of Women’s Bodies, The Freethinker, 25 January 2026 Farsi: ایران: دربارهٔ قدرت، حکومت موروثی، و کنترل بدنهای زنان This essay responds to critics of my 12 January 2026 Freethinker article Neither turban nor crown but Woman, Life, Freedom and of the FEMEN topless protest in Paris, during which photos of Ali Khamenei and Reza…
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After 100 years of dictatorship, people in Iran have a right to decide their own fate, Interview with Times Radio
This is an edited transcript of Rod Liddle’s interview with Maryam Namazie on Iran protests, Times Radio, 17 January 2026 Persian Translation: مصاحبه با رادیو تایمز: پس از ۱۰۰ سال دیکتاتوری، مردم ایران حق دارند سرنوشت خود را تعیین کنند Rod Liddle: The uprising or revolution whatever you want to call it in Iran seems…
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Iran: The generation that broke faith with theocracy
First published by the National Secular Society. British-Iranian secularist and human rights activist Maryam Namazie explains why the Iran protests are different this time – and why young Iranians are embracing secularism. The people of Iran are in open revolt. Since late December 2025, protests have erupted across the country in 73 cities. They rapidly…
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Neither turban nor crown but Woman, Life, Freedom
Persian: نه به عمامه و نه به تاج French: Ni turban ni couronne, mais Femme, Vie, Liberté Italian: Né turbante, né corona, ma Donna, Vita, Libertà Greek: Ιράν: Ούτε τουρμπάνι ούτε στέμμα! Ούτε κληρικός ούτε βασιλιάς! Γυναίκα, Ζωή, Ελευθερία Russian: Ни тюрбана, ни короны – Женщина, жизнь, свобода! A new nationwide wave of protest has…
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Israel & Hamas: Get the fuck out of Gaza
o|o Israel & Hamasget the fuckout ofGaza #FEMEN Arabic:إسرائيل و حماسخارج غزة Farsi:اسرائیل و حماس، گورتان را از غزه گم کنید! #Israel #Hamas #Gaza